This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 15 October 2020.
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed working arrangements, with employees finding themselves working entirely from home or engaging in what Zoom Video Communications' chief Eric Yuan refers to as a "hybrid work model" - ...
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The Advocacy, Research and Communications department conducts research on gender issues in Singapore, from single parents and low-income mothers to eldercare, migrant spouses and workers and more. As p...
This commentary was originally published on Channel NewsAsia on 23 September 2020.
SINGAPORE: Women’s rights advocates woke up to a pleasant surprise on Sunday (Sep 20) morning when the Government announced Singapore’s first-ever review of women’s issues, with a view to identifying and tac...
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AWARE will hold an online group discussion on Zoom with foreign domestic workers (FDWs) who look after an elderly person in Singapore. This discussion will take place on Sunday, 6 September 2020, 11am - 1pm.
This discussion is part of our research to understand FDWs' experiences of caring for...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 27 June 2020
In our research on the conflict between caregiving and work, the Association of Women for Action and Research has repeatedly asserted the importance of flexible work arrangements (FWAs).
We agree with Dr Petty Pin Yu...
The most recent Global Gender Gap Report estimates that gender parity will not be obtained for more than a century. Yet the government has the power and the responsibility to create meaningful change and achieve substantive gender equality at home and work.
We have outlined si...
AWARE is interviewing individuals who have hired foreign domestic workers (FDWs) to help look after an elderly person (above the age of 67) in Singapore, anytime from January 2018 and onwards.
This is part of our ongoing research to understand the experiences of family caregivers and FDWs. We aim...
In this letter—a response to concerns from AWARE and HOME about its new transfer rules for foreign/migrant domestic workers (FDWs or MDWs)—the Ministry of Manpower notes that "the FDW, just like the employer, retains the flexibility to end the contract at any time. The employment agenc...
